DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Pregnant Mary Icon


No. 473 / Tuesday July 5, 2011

IN THE CHILD-GOD, ICON OF THE FATHER, ALL HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US.

Fragment of an altarpiece. Pregnant Mary in a blue dress with white cape in front of a red background. In Mary's womb the unborn baby Jesus is visible. Anonymous painter. c.1505 Swiss National Museum, Zurich

"From the Incarnation and birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, the whole of history was transformed and humanity received the total answer to all its questions and aspirations. In the Child-God, Icon of the Father, all has been given to us. In him is revealed to us the totality of the mystery and the key to our own greatness and our sublime dignity as image of God."

Pontifical Council for the Family, Fourth World Meeting of Families, Homily of Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, Manila, Sunday, 26 January 2003

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